The Good Die Young – 1954 | 98mins | Crime, Drama, Thriller | B&W

Plot Synopsis

The Good Die Young is an outstanding British noir thriller directed by Lewis Gilbert, and starring a strong cast of British and American actors.

Laurence Harvey plays Miles Ravenscourt, a playboy-cum-spiv whose wife refuses to pick up any more of his bills and gambling debts. Harvey persuades two luckless former GIs Joe (Richard Basehart), Eddie (John Ireland) and retired-boxer Mike (Stanley Baker) to help him pull off a mail van robbery, only to then turn against the robbers in murderous fashion. The two ex-GI’s are all down on their luck an in need of money; Joe wishes to take his wife to America; ex-boxer Mike finds himself unable to find work; Eddie has left his cheating wife. The impressive cast includes Gloria Grahame (as Ireland’s unfaithful wife) and Joan Collins as a young mum-to-be.